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von Gillern, Sam; Gleason, Benjamin; Hutchison, Amy – Reading Teacher, 2022
In a "post-truth" era in which misinformation permeates digital environments, it is critical for teachers to help students develop media literacy skills by analyzing and evaluating media messages. Through these processes, English language arts teachers can also help students develop digital citizenship skills, in which they can analyze…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Media Literacy, Civics, Language Arts
Tamra Stambaugh; Elizabeth Covington; Emily L. Mofield – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2025
The focus of this article is on the development of expertise in interpreting literature within English Language Arts (ELA). Experts and novices differ significantly in how they approach problems and acquire information, with experts demonstrating more sophisticated pattern recognition, nuances, and conceptual understandings and approaches than…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Curriculum, Expertise, Experienced Teachers
Region 1 Comprehensive Center, 2024
The Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) has invested in a multifaceted effort to improve and sustain literacy outcomes for all students to address the declining literacy rates in Vermont. This project summary describes how the Region 1 Comprehensive Center partnered with the AOE to develop an early literacy playbook to operationalize the Blueprint…
Descriptors: Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Outcomes of Education, Sustainability
AnnMarie Baines; Kristin De Vivo; Nathan Warner; Angela DeBarger; Denis Udall; Nancy Zuckerbrod; Kate Felsen, Contributor – Lucas Education Research, George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2021
This paper looks at the connection between project-based learning and social and emotional learning (SEL). While all learning experiences benefit from a supportive social and emotional learning process and context, the collaborative and student-led nature of project-based learning (PBL) necessitates an emphasis on SEL. This paper explores that…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Shaylyn Marks; Alice Hays; Tim Monreal; Amardeep Bajwa – Voices from the Middle, 2024
Inspired by the work of Muhammad (2020) and building upon the previous work of Hays (2021) in using young adolescent literature as a tool for social change, the authors highlight the ways in which educators such as Amardeep Bajwa can cultivate students' intellect through literature circle-based activities. More specifically, Hays worked with local…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Social Change, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
Wang, Elaine; Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard – Reading Teacher, 2017
Recent English Language Arts standards emphasize teaching students to use text evidence to support their claims and opinions; yet, students often struggle to do so effectively in their writing. To help students develop this skill, clearer understanding of what effective evidence use entails and targeted feedback to guide students' writing…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Writing Improvement, Reader Text Relationship, Evidence
Reznitskaya, Alina; Wilkinson, Ian A. G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
Learning how to formulate, comprehend, and evaluate arguments is an essential part of helping students develop the ability to make better, more reasonable judgments. The Common Core identified argumentation as a fundamental life skill that is broadly important for the literate person. According to the authors, having students engage in an inquiry…
Descriptors: Ethics, Common Core State Standards, Persuasive Discourse, Elementary School Students
Nutta, Joyce W.; Strebel, Carine; Mihai, Florin M.; Crevecoeur Bryant, Edwidge; Mokhtari, Kouider – Harvard Education Press, 2018
Building upon the theoretical and practical foundation outlined in their previous book, "Educating English Learners", the authors show classroom teachers how to develop a repertoire of instructional techniques that address K-12 English learners (ELs) at different English proficiency and grade levels, and across subject areas. "Show,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Individualized Instruction
Morgan, Joseph John; Spies, Tracy G. – Journal of School Administration Research and Development, 2020
The current focus of education is on preparing diverse student populations for college and career readiness. One critical aspect of this preparation is the development of 21st century learning skills that integrate technology to support students in becoming active members of a globalized society. According to the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Student Diversity, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities
Herman, Joan L.; Wang, Jia; La Torre, Deborah; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2020
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created in 2009 to support schools' implementation of rigorous college and career ready standards for English language arts (ELA). Combining evidence-based principles of professional development with a systematic design process, LDC helps teachers to embed literacy skill development throughout their…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Urban Schools, Skill Development, Professional Development
Helgeson, John – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2017
This article begins with an example of a typical middle-school experience with literature circles. Students read a common text and come prepared to share and discuss the text based on individual roles they are assigned. Teachers are using this practice to address the complexity levels of texts in order to help students develop the skills they need…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Literature, Student Role
Ediger, Marlow – Reading Improvement, 2015
The process of acquiring language is often depicted as a tiered process of oral development: listening and speaking; and, literacy development: reading, and writing. As infants we first learn language by listening, then speaking. That is, regardless of culture, or dialect we are first immersed in language in this oral context. It is only after one…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Language Arts, Learning Processes, Workshops
Sue Bechard; Amy Clark; Russell Swinburne Romine; Meagan Karvonen; Neal Kingston; Karen Erickson – International Journal of Testing, 2019
Evidence-based approaches to assessment design, development, and administration provide a strong foundation for an assessment's validity argument but can be time consuming, resource intensive, and complex to implement. This article describes an evidence-based approach used for one assessment that addresses these challenges. Evidence-centered…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Test Construction, Test Validity, Measurement
Cook, Mike P.; Frey, Ryle – SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education, 2017
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers and students useful methods for utilizing the power of comic books as literacy sponsors in ELA classrooms. Given the continued boom in the popularity of comics in popular culture, this provides a relevant way to introduce students to visual and critical analysis. Engaging in meaningful analysis of…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Teaching Methods, Language Arts, Popular Culture
Lord, Kathleen M. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2015
The ability to identify the main idea through close reading of informational text is a higher-level skill students develop in elementary grades as a foundation for the acquisition of other critical skills in later grades. This article provides instructional strategies for this important skill as well as for improving reading comprehension.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension